Chapter 6 Flashcards
Doctrine of Laches
Failure to do something at the proper time, especially such delay as will bar a party from bringing a legal proceeding.
Police Power
The right of any political body to enact laws and enforce them, for the order, safety, health, morals and general welfare of the public.
Building Permit
Written governmental permission for the construction, renovation or substantial repair of a building.
Certificate of Occupancy (CO)
A document issued by a governmental authority that a building is ready and fit for occupancy.
Eminent Domain
A right of the government to acquire property for necessary public use by condemnation; the owner must be fairly compensated.
Abutting
Parcels of land next to each other that share a common border.
Accessory Uses
The use of land that is subordinate, incidental to, and customarily found in connection with the principal use allowed on a lot by the zoning law. A garage is incidental to the principal use of a lot as a single-family residence and customarily found on a single-family parcel.
Accessory Apartment Uses
A second residential unit that may be contained within an existing single-family home, garage, or carriage house. An accessory apartment is usually required to be a complete housekeeping unit that can function independently with separate access, kitchen, bedroom, and sanitary facilities.
Family
A group consisting of parents and children living together in a household.
Group Home
A home where a small number of unrelated people in need of care, support, or supervision can live together, such as those who are elderly or mentally ill.
Demography
The statistical study of human populations.
Master Plan
A long-term planning document. It establishes the framework and key elements of a site reflecting a clear vision created and adopted in an open process. It synthesizes civic goals and the public’s aspirations for a project, gives them form and organization, and defines a realistic plan for implementation, including subsequent approvals by public agencies.
Moratorium
A temporary prohibition of an activity
Subdivision Regulations
The control of the division of a tract of land into individual lots by requiring development according to specific design standards and procedures adopted by local ordinances.
Topography
The arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area
Variance
The authorization to improve or develop a particular property in a manner not authorized by zoning.
Area Variance
Permission to modify or exceed the bulk regulations imposed by local zoning ordinances.
Use Variance
Permission to use or develop land other than that permitted by local zoning ordinances.
Air Rights
Rights in real property to use the space above the surface of the land
Building Code
Regulations established by state or local governments stating fully the structural and egress requirements for buildings.
Census Tract
Small, relatively permanent statistical subdivisions of a country or equivalent entity that are updated by local participants prior to each decennial census. The primary purpose of the census tracts is to provide a stable set of geographic units for the presentation of statistical data.
Certificate of Occupancy (CO)
A document issued by a governmental authority that a building is ready and fit for occupancy.
Condemnation
Taking private property for public use, with fair compensation to the owner; exercising the right of eminent domain.
Cul-de-sac
A blind alley: a street with only one outlet.
